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For those who don't know, PA closed a program called Adult Basic which provided coverage to 40,000 residents for as little as $36 per month. The state cited budgetary issues for shutting the program down.
Now...the lawsuit: Pa. sued after it allowed health care plan to end | Associated Press | The Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre & Scranton PA
"The lawsuit filed in Commonwealth Court alleges that money set aside for the plan, called adultBasic, was unlawfully diverted to other purposes, and is directly responsible for the plan's end on Feb. 28. The suit, filed by Sheryl Sears of McKeesport, Ronald Guiney of Butler and Florence Spanos of Pittsburgh, also seeks a class-action order. More than 41,000 were covered under adultBasic."
Now...the lawsuit: Pa. sued after it allowed health care plan to end | Associated Press | The Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre & Scranton PA
"The lawsuit filed in Commonwealth Court alleges that money set aside for the plan, called adultBasic, was unlawfully diverted to other purposes, and is directly responsible for the plan's end on Feb. 28. The suit, filed by Sheryl Sears of McKeesport, Ronald Guiney of Butler and Florence Spanos of Pittsburgh, also seeks a class-action order. More than 41,000 were covered under adultBasic."